Filing appliance.



H. J. HICK.

FILING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNESJ. |914.

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FlLlNG APPLIANCE.

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FILING APPLIANCE.

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bnrrn encantar errand HARRY J. HICK, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BYMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE IVICCASKEY REGISTER COMPANY, CORPORATION OFOHIO.

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FILING APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led .Tune 9, 1914. Serial No. 843,962.

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Be it known that I, HARRY J. Hroii, a citizen of the United States,residing at Alliance, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Filing Appliances, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a filing appliance for sales bills and othersimilar papers, in which a plurality of bill holders are 0perativelymounted in a fireproof case comprising a rectangular base section and asimilar cover section adapted to be swung upon the base section toincase the bill holders when closed and to form a back for the same whenopened.

In a former application, liled J une l, 1914, Serial N o. 841,976, afiling appliance of this type or character has been illustrated,described and claimed, in which a series of hinged bill holders and anindex frame are pivoted to the rim of the rear end of the coversectionof the case; and in a subsequent application led June 8, 1914, SerialNo. 843,602, another filing appliance of this type or character has beenillustrated, described and claimed, in which a second series of hingedbill holders are carried on a tray having operative connections with theindex frame for swinging the tray to and fro and means for guiding theforward end of the tray over and upon the forward rim of the basesection, to bring the second series of holders into operative positionwhen the index frame is rotated into upright position.

'Ihe object of the present invention is to provide suitable supporting,operating and guiding means for such a second series of holders, so thatthe same can be carried not only downward into the base section of thecase, but rearward into the rear end thereof; and also to providesuitable guiding means for the forward end of the index frame so thatthe same need not rest or slide upon the second series of holders.

The objects of the invention are attained by the preferred embodimentthereof, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof,in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the case, showing the coversection closed downward upon the base section thereof;

Fig. 2, a side eleva-tion section of the ease, showing the location ofthe bill holders, the index frame, and the supporting, ,operating andguiding parts, when the cover section of the case is closed downwardAupon the base section thereof;

Fig. 3, a side elevation showing the cover section swung upward upon therear end of the base section, and showing the. location of the billholders and index frame in this relation of the parts when the lirstseries of bill holders are rotated into upright position with the indexframe in reclined position and the second series of bill holders carriedforward part way from the rear end of the base section; and

Fig. 4, a similar side elevation section, showing the index framerotated and located in upright position, and the second series of billholders carried upward and forward into operating position with three ofthe holders rotated into upright position.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The case is composed of the substantially similar rectangular bottom orbase section 1, and the top or cover section 2, which are operatively7connected 'together by means of the guiding hinge brackets 3, one beinglocated on each side of the rear end portion of the base section. Thefirst series of bill holders 4, 4a and 4b, are hinged together at thelower rear ends` and the forward holder 4a is pivoted to thebearingbrackets 5, secured on the rear end rim of the cover section; towhich bearing brackets is also pivoted the rear end of the index frame6, by means of the bracket 7.

The guiding hinge brackets constitute a connection between the sectionsof the case by means of which the rear end of the cover is shiftedforward to rest squarelv upon the rear end of the base section with thetop of the cover section in alinement with the rear end of the basesection, when the cover section is swung upward upon the base section asshown in Figs. 3 and 4; and so that the rear end of the cover section isshifted rearward into alinement with the rear end of the base section,when the cover section is closed downward thereon as shown in Figs. 1and 2. The details of these guiding hinge connections are illustratedand described in said former application, Serial No. 841,976, and willnot be repeated herein.

The index frame 6 is provided on each side with a roller 8. journaled ina bracket frame downward within the base section, as shown 1n Fig. 2.The upper forward end of the tracks 10, arebeveled or flattened,VVsubstantiallyv iorizontally, upon which ends the rollers 8V may ridewhen the forward end of the frame is carried over the forward rim of thebase section, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the frame need not slide uponthis rim.

The swinging tray 11, is provided for the second series of bill holders4, 4a and 4"', the rear end of which tray is carried bythe lateralpivots-12, journaled in the lower ends of the pendent plates 13, securedto the rear end of the index frame; and the forward portion of the trayis normally supported on the rollers 14, pivoted in the brackets 175,formed or secured on each side of the tray, which rollers ride upon thebottom of the case, when the tray is carried into the rear end thereof,as shown in Fig. 2, orupon the curved tracks 16, secured to the sides ofthe base section, for carrying the forward end of the tray upward asshown in Fig. 3, to pass over and upon the forward rim of the basesection as shown in Fig. 4.

The parts are so proportioned and arranged, that when the cover isclosed downward upon the base section of the case, the tray and secondseries of holders are located in the lower rear portion of the basesection with the rollers 14 riding upon thebottom thereof, and the indexframe is located in the upper rear portion of the base section, with'its rollers 8 riding upon the inclined tracks Vl() therein, and vthefirst series of holdersV extending upward into the cover section of thecase as shown in Fig. 2.

When the cover section of the case is swung upward upon the rear end ofthe bot-V tom section thereof, the index frame is carried forward by itspivotal connections with the rear rim of the cover section; in whichmovement the rollers 8 ride upward upon the tracks l0, and carry theforward end of the frame upward to pass freely over and kupon theforward rim of the base section, as shown in Fig. 3.'

At the same time, the rear end of the tray 11 is carried forward andupward by its pivotal connectionwith the pendent plates on the rear endof the frame, during which movement the tray rollers 14 first ride uponthe bottom of the case and then upward upon the curved tracks 16 intothe substantially horizontal position shown in Fig. 3, in the forwardupward portion of the base section.

Then the index frame 6 is rotated into upright position as shown in Fig.4, where it may be locked by the latch 17, the pendent plates, whichtogether with the frame form.

a bell crank lever fulcrumed on the rear end of the cover section,carryv therearend of the vtray. upward [andi forward, Sini whichmovement the tray rollers .14ridinglon the Y curved tracks 16, carry theforward 'end of the tray upward, over and upon the forward rim of thebase section of the case, as shown in Fig. 4;'in which position the trayrollers ina-yiris'e free ofthe tracks while the tray is sliding` andrestingupon the rim of the base section. t v

The second series of bill holders`4, 4W, andY 4? are hinged *together`at theV lower rear ends, andtheforward lower holder'la, is pivoted atits hingedend to the rear end of the'swinging tray 11, as by Vmeansofthe Y pivot bearings 18, provided'thereon; and it is evident :thatwhen the 'swinging' ltray is carried upward and forward into the position shown in Fig. 4, these holders may be rotated upward from theirnormalY reclined position uponithe tray, eithersinglyorjcollV lectively,into upright position as shown in Fig. 4, giving access-to the billsheldby the spring clamps 19 mounted Von the holders,- in a manner wellknownV in this art. 5 When one or morefof thesecondelies of bill holdersare rotated into upright position,it will be understood that the uprightindex frame serves as anY abutment against which the free end of theupperl rear bill holder 4". rests andislides as the various holders arerotated upwardand downward. Iclaimz'wA f`` 1. A filing case includingsimilar base and cover sections with guiding hinge connecl tions forswinging and Ashifting the cover section upon the base section,.a'frameha'vf ing its rear end pivoted to the rear end of the cover section andhaving rollers on each'side, and inclined tracks on the sides of thebase section upon which the rollers ride for carry; ing the forward endupward and freely over the forward` rim of the base section 4when theframe is carried forward bythe operation of the cover section upon thebase section.A l

2. A filing case including similar base and cover sections with guidinghinge connections for Vswinging and shifting the cover section upon thebase section, a frame pivoted at its rear end to the rear end of thecover section, and having pendent plateson its rear end, atray pivotedat its'rear end to the pendent plates and having rollers on its sidesnormally riding on the bottom of the case, means for guiding the forwardend of the frame upward and overthe forward rim of the base section, andtracks `for the tray rollers on the sides of the base section forguiding the forward end of the tray over the forward rim of the basesection when the cover section and frame are swung into uprightposition.

.3. Alng case including similar base and section upon the nemer@ coversections with guiding hinge connections for swinging and shifting thecover section upon the base section, a tray movable in the base section,a frame fulcrumed on the rear end of the cover section, and having amember connected to the tray for moving it to and tro when the Jframe isrotated, and tracks in the base section for guiding the forward end ofthe tray in its movements upwardly over the forward rim of the basesection.

l. A tiling case including similar base and cover sections, with guidinghinge connections for swinging and shifting the cover base section, atray movably mounted in the base section, a bell crank lever ulcrumedupon the rear end of the cover section Jror moving the tray to and fro,and means for guiding tlietray in its movements, upwardly over theJforward rim of the base Section.

5. A filing appliance including a case of substantial length, aplurality of filing Copies er this patent may be obtained for fwe centseach,

leaves, a longitudinally movable tray for supporting the filing leaves,a bell crank lever operating on a fixed fulcrum and having one of itsarms pivoted to the tray, for moving the tray to and fro, and means forguiding the forward end of the tray in its movements upwardly over theforward rim of the case.

6. A filing appliance including a case of substantial length, aplurality of tiling leaves,` a longitudinally movable tray forsupporting the filing leaves, a bell crank lever operating on a fixedfulcrum and liav ing one of its arms pivoted t-o the tray, Jfor movingthe tray to and Jfro, and tracks in the case for guiding the Jforwardend of the tra f in its movements upwardly over the forward rim of thecase.

HARRY J. HICK.

Vitnesses:

LOUISE M. Conny, J. C. TURNER.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patente,

Washington, D. C.

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